Why not just bounce the light? Why can't you just bounce the flash off the ceiling?
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Bouncing off of the ceiling can also make your subject's eyes and/or chin dark. You need some light to go forward along with up. A simple bounce card can be used.
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Yes it can, but there is no reflector so the light would not be focused and would illuminate the ceiling.
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Hey Tim,They basically work as strobes only and not continous lights. At full blast, they get really bright. Also in less than 5seconds they can blast off again. Even though i don't take them to the extreme so i don't burn them
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There's no easy way to attach any modifiers to the light. Sometimes I bounce it off white boards to increase diffusion but normally that is not needed since the surface area of the board is much bigger than a standard light.
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yes I suppose you could if you were to screw a hook like device into the ceiling and use the ring out of the light to suspend it, therefore eliminating the chain all together. There would still most likely be about 2 or 3 inches space to the ceiling.
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Yes, it is the same than having the flash plugged to your camera...It gives good results when you are close to the subject and you dont have a white ceiling to bounce your flash...This is a sample... http://www.tourvirtualcostarica.com/images/images-gallery/Christian.jpg
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The barrier between the flash and camera keeps reflection down. The trade off is having a flash that is more focused or beam like and sometimes a strange glow but nothing that is too much for my uses. I've had no issues at all with a difference in signal.
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Very careful twist the light cover or to be extra careful, just go ahead and twist the whole thing off the ceiling. That's what I did to ensure I didn't break the glass.
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Yes, I used it for lighting up my living room, which has no light in the ceiling. It worked. However, the light spot directly toward my eyes because there is no cover in the light.
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I've installed two of these and can't see a reason why you couldn't mount it on the ceiling if you wanted. I would say yes it could be mounted on the ceiling. This light doesn't have a sensor it's turned on when the power going to it is interupted.
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You couldn't really use this as a flashlight if that is what you mean. The light dots are bright- like in the photo- but it doesn't reach far. You can see a blue hue on the ceiling when it stands on the floor, but not enough to see objects in the dark.
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Use ours for the same reason. Have never seen the flash go off and ours is near our front door! Doesn't miss a thing. The camera needs very little light to focus..excellent.
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The flash does rotate. Have bounced the flash off of ceilings with this unit.
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Not really. I have 'High bounce" balls that can easily go to the ceiling. This one would be difficult to get it to bounce that high. When dropped this ball does not bounce as high as any of the super balls I have. Even the little 1 inch balls bounce higher.Notice the "yes" answers say: "with some effort", "hard" or "you can get it to". I say that it would take more then "some" effort.
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Can be done. Did it in one location This is a 2 person job. Expensive light to drop. Good luck.
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Because it needs to see the light from the internal flash to trigger it. You can set your internal for fill or lower the setting. Ideally get a remote trigger like pocket wizards to trigger the strobe
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Anytime the flash is off camera it is best. This just makes the light a little bigger which makes the light softer. This will work on camera... A bit softer than without.